the Pharisees. See App-120.
were. being then. Greek. huparcho, as in Luke 16:23, and see on Luke 7:25.
covetous. money-lovers (referring to mammon, verses: 11, 13); Occurs only here, and 2 Timothy 3:2.
derided. were turning up their noses at. Occurs only here and Luke 23:35. Found in the LXX. Pas. Luke 2:4; Luke 22:7; Luke 22:35. is. This was the immediate cause of the second Parable (verses: Luke 16:19-30), and the solemn application (Luke 16:31).